Wang Guangtao (; born June 1943) is a Chinese politician who served as minister of Construction from 2001 to 2008 and chairperson of the

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from 2008 to 2013. He was a member of the

16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was in session from 2002 to 2007. It held seven plenary sessions. It was set in motion by the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The 15th Central Committee preceded it. ...

. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the

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Biography

Wang was born in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

, in June 1943, while his

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Xiuning County Xiuning County () is a county in the south of Anhui Province, China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Huangshan City. The southernmost county-level division in the province, it has a population of and an area of . The gove ...

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. In 1960, he entered

Tongji University Tongji University is a public university located in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. Tongji is one of the ...

, majoring in the Department of Construction. After university in 1965, he became a technician at Xuzhou Urban Construction Bureau (later renamed Xuzhou Urban and Rural Development Commission), and served until 1984. After resuming the college entrance examination in 1978, he received his

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degree from

in 1981. He joined the

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(CCP) in December 1983. He was vice mayor of

Xuzhou Xuzhou ( zh, s=徐州), also known as Pengcheng () in ancient times, is a major city in northwestern Jiangsu province, China. The city, with a recorded population of 9,083,790 at the 2020 Chinese census, 2020 census (3,135,660 of which lived in ...

in 1984, and held that office until 1989. In December 2001, he was transferred to the Ministry of Construction and appointed director and chief engineer of the Urban Construction Department, that posts he kept until 1995. In 1995, he was assigned to

northeast China Northeast China () is a geographical region of China, consisting officially of three provinces Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang. The heartland of the region is the Northeast China Plain, the largest plain in China with an area of over . The regi ...

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province and named acting mayor of the capital city

Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...

. He was recalled to

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in 1998 and was chosen as vice mayor, a position he held until November 2001. He became minister of Construction in December 2001, and served until March 2008, when he took office as chairperson of the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Guangtao 1943 births Living people Tongji University alumni Academic staff of Tongji University Academic staff of Tsinghua University Academic staff of Beijing University of Technology People's Republic of China politicians from Shanghai Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanghai Members of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress Members of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party